Trump-Biden transition updates: At least 20 arrested, 1 stabbed at DC protests

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced this morning Georgia will conduct a “full, by hand recount in each county” of the presidential race.

"With the margin being so close, it will require a full by hand recount in each county. This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvass all at once," Raffensperger said. "It will be a heavy lift, but we will work with the counties to get this done in time for our state certification."

The results of the audit will be certified by the state's certification deadline on Nov. 20, he said.

On Tuesday, the Trump campaign and Georgia Republican Party called for the hand recount before the results were certified. But as Biden currently leads in the state by about 14,000 votes, election experts say the odds of a recount changing the candidates' current standings are slim.

There have only been two statewide recounts in presidential elections over the last 20 years. The Florida recount in 2000 shifted the margin by 1,247 votes, and the 2016 recount in Wisconsin shifted the margin by 571 votes.

Based upon the analysis of the vote, ABC News projects Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska will win reelection to the Senate, defeating Democrat Al Gross.

ABC News also projects Trump will win Alaska, raising his electoral vote standing from 214 to 217 votes.

With Sullivan's win, Mitch McConnell has 50 GOP Senate seats for the new Congress, meaning the best Democrats can hope for is a tied Senate -- where they would have control by virtue of a Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes, in her role as president of the Senate.

The only two outstanding Senate races are now in Georgia, where both Senate seats are headed toward runoffs Jan. 5 -- two days after the new Congress is sworn in.

To rekindle an infamous discussion, taking Trump literally at this precarious moment means the president believes the election was rigged against him; that he believes he received more lawful votes than his opponent; that he believes the vote count in a series of battleground states is flawed and corrupt; and that there are election officials and state and federal judges that are ready to deliver him a second term.

But this election was not particularly close -- and, the above falsehoods notwithstanding, this period is exceedingly unlikely to end in any way other than with Biden being sworn in Jan. 20.

While Biden may have more reason than most to be offended by the behavior of Trump and Republicans in his Cabinet and in Congress, he isn't sounding particularly concerned about the hold-up.

Asked by ABC News senior congressional correspondent Mary Bruce Tuesday for his message to Trump, Biden responded, "Mr. President, I look forward to speaking with you."

It's a revealing response -- not just because Biden and his team know the White House and transitions well. Biden is keeping his faith in the processes and systems that govern elections, in state capitals and in Washington.

Some Democrats may bristle at Biden's refusal to condemn Republicans who are backing Trump.

Ugly as this moment is, and awful as it may get, Biden's team sees this as the system holding its ground. Biden's faith in a sturdy middle drove his campaign from the start and looks like a defining feature of what will become his presidency.

-ABC News’ Political Director Rick Klein

A Pennsylvania postal worker has recanted claims that supervisors attempted to backdate ballots mailed after the election, according to congressional aides. The false allegations were cited by the Trump campaign and top Republicans as examples of voter fraud impacting the results of the presidential election.

Richard Hopkins, a Postal Service worker from Erie, Pennsylvania, alleged that he overheard supervisors discussing a plan to backdate mail-in ballots for Election Day.

The Trump campaign, which, like the president, has rejected the results of the election and alleged widespread -- and unsubstantiated -- voter fraud, passed Hopkins' account to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, who referred the matter to the Justice Department and FBI for investigation.

But Hopkins walked back his assertions when questioned by federal investigators with the Postal Service Inspector General's office, the leader of the watchdog agency told the House Oversight Committee staff on Tuesday.

"IG investigators informed Committee staff today that they interviewed Hopkins on Friday, but that Hopkins RECANTED HIS ALLEGATIONS yesterday and did not explain why he signed a false affidavit," committee Democrats said in a statement posted to Twitter.

-ABC News' Benjamin Siegel, Alexander Mallin, Katherine Faulders, Lucien Bruggeman and Will Steakin